Xu Mingxian handed Xu Mingwei all the money he had taken from the bandits he encountered along the road, along with the silver-thread Treasure Armor.
Bai Jing asked, "Are you leaving again?"
Xu Mingxian nodded. "Father is out there alone. I have to help him."
"Very well. With you there to look after him, Mother can rest a little easier. When you see your father, tell him everything is well at home, and I am well too."
"Yunnu, tell Father that Xueji misses him very much."
"I miss A Weng too," Xu Dezhao, Xu Dejing, and the others chimed in.
The youngest two, Xu Derui and Xu Deheng, barely remembered Xu Chuan, and the same was true of this fifth uncle of theirs. They simply lay in their mothers' arms, watching curiously with their round, dark eyes.
After spending two hours at home, Xu Mingxian said his farewells and left.
He handed Xu Mingwei transcribed copies of the True Guide to Beginner Artifact Refining, the Compendium of Spirit Herbs, the Introduction to Formation Path, the Detailed Guide to Black Truth Formations, and the Golden Sword Art, asking him to place them in the Ancestral Hall.
He also told him where he and Xu Chuan were currently staying and shared some recent news about Xu Chuan.
Only after putting some distance between himself and the Xu Household did Xu Mingxian summon his Flying Sword from his Storage Pouch. He rode it away, vanishing into the distant sky in a streak of golden radiance.
A little over four hours later.
He returned to Moon Lake Market.
It was late that night before he went to Xu Chuan's room and passed along Bai Jing's and the others' messages.
"Your mother understands the greater good. Xueji still has a little of a child's temperament.